Leonard Nimoy was more than a colleague—he was a friend, an ally, and my political soulmate. Leonard played a half-human, half-Vulcan officer—a being caught between two worlds. Yet in his own life, he was perhaps the most profoundly human person I have ever known.

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D. Boon died 40 years ago today. I still think about him all the time, in part because of some graffiti I came across in the men’s room at Big Ed’s Pizza in Oak Ridge, TN, several years back.

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But don't take my word for it. www.justice.gov/file/151176/...

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First: Talking Heads Last: Beyonce Worst: That metal band whose concert I went to by mistake in the late 80s. I have repressed its name. Best: Richard Thompson Most: Beyonce Surprise: Tracy Chapman (before her first record) Happy Got to See: Aretha Franklin Wish I'd seen: Prince Next: ???

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The retconning of The Force from the original trilogy where it's presented as this qi-like universal force anyone can tap into, to the sequels where it's a type of in-universe magic only those with special blood can use in proportion to how special their blood is, really degraded the series

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